Illinois House Votes to Eliminate Perk for Retirees
Longtime state employees in Illinois would no longer be able get free health insurance when they retire under legislation (SB 1313) approved by the Illinois House on May 9.The vote is part of a push...
View ArticleCrunch Time for Illinois Lawmakers
Illinois lawmakers are heading into the home stretch of their 2012 session. But they still need to approve a budget before they can adjourn.They've been working for months to try figuring out how they...
View ArticleIllinois Pension Talks Turn to School Funding Issues
It's doubtful Illinois' pension crisis will be resolved soon.Legislative leaders and the governor met Thursday, June 21 to discuss whether the state or local school districts should pay retirement...
View ArticleIllinois Lawmakers to Tackle Pension Reform (Again)
Governor Pat Quinn has called lawmakers back to Springfield for a one-day special session to reform the state's pension systems.But so far he doesn't have a plan beyond that."We've had proposals this...
View ArticleSullivan Opposes Pension Reform Plan
Democratic Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) support a proposal to shift the pension funding burden from the state to local school districts.But State Senator...
View ArticleQuinn: Funding Decline If Higher Ed Pensions Not Changed
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's office is touting a one-page analysis claiming higher education will suffer if lawmakers fail to address Illinois' pension problem.In the so-called study, Quinn's budget...
View ArticlePension Reform Goes Nowhere; Lawmakers Go Home
No pension legislation moved through the Illinois General Assembly during Friday's special legislative session.Democrats pushed along a plan to cut pension benefits for state elected politicians and...
View ArticleFrese Blames Pension Crisis on Leadership Gap
Republican Illinois State Senate candidate Randy Frese of Paloma said the state's pension problems are a sign of broken government, which he said was caused by a lack of leadership.Frese said the...
View ArticleThe Roots of the Illinois Pension Crisis
Most Illinoisans seem torn between anger about state pensioners supposedly getting rich off taxpayers, and concern about state-worker neighbors caught between incompetent lawmakers and greedy credit...
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